1920s and 1930s

Who was the inventor of the moving assembly line? 

• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Ford
• The Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison

In what way did mass production change the economy?

• Our economy failed
• We became a command economy
• It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods
• It slowed down the way we made things

What was invented to help workers produce many things at once?

• A fancy machine
• Automobiles
• The assembly line
• Oil rigs

What is stock?

• A big group of animals
• A housing community
• A share of ownership in a company
• When you are the only business in your area of work

Why were the 1920s called the "Roaring Twenties"?

• Because there were lions in the United States for the first time
• Because you could hear the roar of all of the new airplanes
• Because music became very popular
• Because people felt life was "roaring" forward like a speeding car.  Women began doing things they never did before and there was a ton of new technology and inventions.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A time when African American musicians, artists, and writers began creating new art, literature, music
• A party to celebrate the end of World War 1
• When New York left the Union

Who was Louis Armstrong?

• The first man on the moon
• A singer and trumpeter who helped to make jazz popular in the 1920s
• He invented the TV
• He was known for his oil company

Who was Langston Hughes?

• He was a singer
• He was an astronaut
• He was a farmer
• He was a famous African American poet

The Wright Brothers invented the airplane... Who was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Langston Hughes
• Babe Ruth
• Charles Lindbergh
• Ulysses S Grant

Define prohibition

• The act of forbidding something such as alcoholic beverages
• When women can't vote
• When African American men can't vote
• When the government chooses who has to go fight in certain wars